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Help for a Scholar of the Correspondence
Ocanthus
Posts: 22
9/15/2015
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My goal, for such a long time now, has been to advance from the Author profession to Correspondent. Little did I know, this was the hardest Tier 4 profession to achieve, and raising A Scholar of the Correspondence is maniacally difficult in the later parts of the game. I have been banished from the Empress's Court, and I've left behind the relevant University story-lines. If only I had known! I now have the quality at 7 by doing Shadowy Business at the University, but I've just discovered that the requirements for that option mean that you need to raise Watchful by increments of 10, and for me I'll have to grind it up by another 30 levels, not something I'm excited about doing.
Does anyone know of a faster way to raise ASotC up to 10? I'm desperate, I hate repetitive grinding and I'm open to using Fate-locked options. Help a Scholar out?
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Optimatum
Posts: 3666
9/15/2015
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Correspondence Symphonies, Shadowy Business, and the VERY rare Sidestreet's card Skin of the Bazaar are the only repeatable non-fate ways to raise SotC to 10 that I know of. With spending fate, the Corresponding Ocelot and Bifurcated Owl both have options on their (relatively common) cards that raise SotC up to 10, though the Owl option requires succeeding at a 50% luck challenge. The Ocelot requires the Empyrean Redolence fate continuation of the Labyrinth and the Bifurcated Owl requires the Hound of Heaven, a bunch of research notes from the scientific expedition, and all four other creatures found in the Empyrean Redolence expansion - including one bred from the Rubbery Hound, which can only be obtained by paying fate to unlock Flute Street. (Note that Flute Street can only be done after completing the university, so you would have had to do that anyways.) Empyrean Redolence and Flute Street are some of the best fate-locked stories anyways, so they're quite worth it. I also *think* Uncovering Secrets Framed in Gold, purchased from an opp card about a black painting (and cheaper when acquainted with the Forger), gives a few points of SotC along the way and the option it unlocks on the Skin of the Bazaar gives some as well iirc. USFiG is an excellent story as well.
Also, if you're interested in raising your SotC past ten for whatever reason, I think only the Shadowy Business option actually works at that high a level. I'm not sure if you actually need SotC over ten for anything, but getting it to the max of 21 is quite an achievement and needs some combination of Extroardinary Mind specialization, moods, or an Overgoat/Ubergoat.
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